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BEGINNING of the gospel of Jesus Christ, as it is CH. I. written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger 2 before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; a voice of one 3 crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John appeared, baptizing in the 4 wilderness, and preaching a baptism of repentance for remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the 5 land of Judaea and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. And 6 John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, There comes he that is 7 mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. I baptized 8 you with water; but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus 9 came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the 10 water, he saw the heavens rending, and the Spirit like a dove descending to him. And there was a voice out of the 11 heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

And straightway the Spirit drives him out into the 12 wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, 13 tempted by Satan; and he was with the beasts, and the angels were ministering unto him.

But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into 14 Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, that, The time is 15 fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel.

16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew Simon's brother, casting about in the 17 sea; for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them,

Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of 18 men. And straightway they left the nets and followed 19 him. And proceeding a little farther he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in 20 the ship mending the nets. And straightway he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went away after him.

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And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the 22 sabbath he was teaching in the synagogue. And they were astonished at his teaching; for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

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And straightway there was in their synagogue a man 24 with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus Nazarene? Thou camest to destroy us; I know thee who thou art, the Holy One 25 of God. And Jesus rebuked it, Hold thy peace and come 26 out of him. And when the unclean spirit tare him and cried 27 with a loud voice, it came out of him. And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? New teaching with authority; he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him. 28 And straightway his fame went forth everywhere into all the region about Galilee.

29 And straightway when they came out of the synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James 30 and John. But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, 31 and straightway they tell him about her. And he came up

and raised her, having laid hold of her hand; and the fever 32 left her, and she was ministering unto them. Now when

evening was come, when the sun set, they kept bringing 33 unto him all that were sick and the demoniacs; and the 34 whole city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many demons, and allowed not the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And in the morning he rose up while it was still 35 very dark, went out and away into a desert place, and was there praying. And Simon followed him closely, and 36 they that were with him; and they found him, and say 37 unto him, All are seeking thee. And he says unto them, 38 Let us go elsewhere into the neighbouring towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I out. And 39 he went preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out the demons.

And there comes a leper to him, beseeching him and 40 kneeling, saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse

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And being moved with compassion he put forth his 41 hand and touched, and says, I will, be thou cleansed. And 42 straightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. And he sternly charged him, and forthwith sent 43 him away; and he says unto him, See thou say nothing to 44 any one, but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them. But he went out and began to 45 proclaim much, and to spread the matter, so that he could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places; and they were coming to him from every quarter.

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AND when he entered again into Capernaum, after some II. days, it was heard that he was in the house. And many 2 were gathered together, so that even the place about the door could no longer contain them: and he spake the word unto them. And they come bringing unto him a paralytic 3 man carried by four. And when they could not bring 4 him unto him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was; and having broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the paralytic lay. And 5 Jesus seeing their faith says unto the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven. But there were certain of the 6 scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, Why 7 does this man speak thus? He blasphemes; who can forgive sins but one, God? And straightway when Jesus 8 knew fully in his spirit that they were so reasoning within

themselves, he says unto them, Why reason ye these 9 things in your hearts? Which is easier; to say to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven, or to say, arise, and 10 take thy bed and go? But that ye may know that

the Son of man has authority on the earth to forgive 11 sins (he says to the paralytic), I say unto thee, Rise, 12 take up thy bed and go unto thine house. And he arose,

and straightway took up the bed and went forth before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, We never saw it thus.

13 And he went forth again to the sea; and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them. 14 And passing on he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting

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at the receipt of custom and says unto him, Follow me. 15 And he arose and followed him. And it comes to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners were also sitting together with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many; and there followed him 16 also scribes of the Pharisees. And when they saw that he was eating with the publicans and the sinners, they said unto his disciples, Does he eat and drink with the publicans 17 and sinners? But when Jesus heard, he says unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick I came not to call righteous men, but sinners. And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but 19 thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with 20 them they cannot fast. But days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall 21 they fast in that day. No one sews a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment: otherwise the filling up takes from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old skins: otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perishes as well as the skins.

And it came to pass that he was going along on the 23 sabbath through the corn fields; and his disciples began to make a way by plucking the ears of corn. And the 24 Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath that which is not lawful? And he says unto them, 25 Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, himself and they that were with him? How he entered into the house of God in the time of 26 Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them who were with him? And he said unto them, The 27 sabbath was made for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the sabbath; so that the Son of man is Lord 28 also of the sabbath.

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AND he entered again into a synagogue; and there was III. a man there having the hand withered up. And they were 2 watching him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him. And he says unto the man 3 having the withered hand, Rise and come into the midst. And he says unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the 4 sabbath, or to do evil? to save life or to kill? But they held their peace. And when he looked round about on 5 them with wrath, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he says unto the man, Stretch forth the hand. And he stretched it forth, and his hand was restored. And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took 6 counsel with the Herodians against him, that they might destroy him.

And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and 7 a great multitude from Galilee and from Judaea followed, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond 8 the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude; they hearing what he did, came unto him. And he 9 spake to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him; for he healed many, so that they pressed upon him that 10 they might touch him, as many as had plagues. And the 11 unclean spirits, whenever they beheld him, fell down before